Women shouldn’t face criminal prosecution after abortion or miscarriage, ABA House says
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The ABA House of Delegates passed a resolution at the midyear meeting Monday that opposes the criminal prosecution of anyone who has an abortion or experiences a miscarriage or stillbirth.
In introducing Resolution 107A, Sara Ainsworth, a member of the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice Women’s Committee, said that since
Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, hundreds of people have been criminalized for allegedly having a self-managed abortion, which occurs when a woman ends her own pregnancy using pills, herbal remedies or other methods. They have also been criminalized for other pregnancy outcomes, including miscarriage and stillbirth.